VL-FOORUMI

"Then he encouraged the abolition of these
abuses, supporting himself by the direction of the
Scripture for the coming better condition of the
Church on earth, which should be followed by the
return of the Jews and the fall of papistical Rome.
He showed that, even though perfection was not
to be reached, it must yet be possible to bring the
Church nearer to the glorious example of the first
Christian congregation.

As the first means to this end he recommended
the "abundant spread of the Word of God."
"This," declared Spener, "is the true source of
Evangelical life, which though so fully given to
the public, does not yet flow full enough, partly
because of preaching from pre-determined texts
(the Perikopes), while the rest of the Scripture
remained largely untouched, partly because of
the inability of the hearers to understand a con-
secutive sermon. Therefore, it was necessary to
make the study of the Scripture a household
duty, and this he thought could be required when
occasionally the books of the Bible were one after
another read in the church with some cursory
explanation. He thought that it also would
prove wholesome, if the old Apostolic kind of
church gatherings were again to become custom-
ary, that there might be, beside the usual open
church service, yet another assemblage. Here he
hoped that besides the teacher, others, who might
be prepared, should, under the oversight of a
minister, read aloud from the Scriptures and
voice his thoughts and doubts concerning it, and
from others, as well as from the minister, receive
light upon it. This he felt would tend to culti-
vate confidence between pastor and people, and
also among the people themselves, w^hen guided
by a wise preacher. He hoped also by this to
help the people to a more exact knowledge of the
Scripture for household use and leadership, as
well as to a better understanding of the needs of
the Church and greater ability to correct its abuses. "

Ilpo kirjoitti:Tuohan olis hyvä idea!

Jos vaikka sunnuntaille määrättäisiin päivän
tekstit, jotka toistuvat kolmen vuoden välein, ettei olisi joka vuosi samat tekstit.

Ja Jumalanpalveluksen lisäksi voitaisiin pitää kokoontumisia, joissa pappi, tai vaikka maallikko saa vapaasti valita tekstin tutkittavaksi ja selitettäväksi.

Näin tulisi uskovaisille koko Raamattu tutuksi.

mies kirjoitti:Täälläpäin on "aikuisten raamattuluokkia", jotka ovat aika suosittuja. Aihealueet ovat tosin olleet UT puolelta.